Commodities Focus

Platts SEAT to cater to growing coal demand in Southeast Asia

Total coal imports to Southeast Asia is expected to hit 127 million mt in 2019, up 27% from 2018, with demand driven by existing and upcoming coal-fired power plants. In this podcast, S&P Global Platt...

23 Sep 20196min

LNG developers jockey for relevance at Gastech

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writer Harry Weber and S&P Global Market Intelligence natural gas reporter Corey Paul discuss with Platts senior digital editor Jason Lindquist the highlights of t...

19 Sep 20199min

Business models clash as Gastech continues in Houston

18 Sep 20198min

Commercial activity heats up as Gastech gets underway in Houston

17 Sep 201911min

Gastech puts LNG at center stage as market presses North American project developers for decisions

S&P Global Platts senior natural gas writers Harry Weber and J. Robinson preview with natural gas managing editor Joe Fisher next week's Gastech conference, which will bring together in Houston global...

12 Sep 201914min

APPEC: US ethanol eyes new markets amid increased US-China tensions

With US ethanol still shut out of China, this installment of Commodities Focus podcast looks at the current state of the US ethanol market, the key emerging demand centers in Asia, and the benefits of...

12 Sep 201911min

Alone on the High Seas: Is the shipping market at the mercy of the volatility in bunker fuels?

S&P Global Platts shipping editors George Griffiths and Sam Eckett probe into the dry bulk and container markets and how bunker fuels are impacting pricing ahead of IMO 2020's January 1st deadline. Th...

11 Sep 20196min

Texas natural gas, power prices diverge during an August for the record books

ERCOT power demand smashed record after record durin August, boosting spot prices to record highs and real-time power prices to $9,000/MWh. Natural gas prices, however, did not see any uplift from rec...

6 Sep 20198min